Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-12-29

flowers on her desk; n if . rain KEN
! up somebody'd alluz send Chinaman
| 18th an umbreller; n sometimes she a
find package O. purity quartz n
azates N nuggets n things O. them
sort, with From Friend writ on tn
package. She got t look for such
things after while, n knowed who
they KEN from. but she couldn't ketch
sight O. Charlie fer long time. He'd
see her a-comin'. n his faced get hot
n his bands'd tremble, n his knees
shake, N he'd jest turn round n get
out O. tn way till she'd git past N
then he'd look after her sOrter's ct he'd
like t. eat her, n swear awful under
his breath, n cuss hissef for bein' sech
q dern fool.
9TH other youngsters d shin up t
Miss 'Vevie N be perlite n sociable. n
she'd smile on one n Civ another a
posy, N talk 18th tn next one, but not
bit more fer one than another.
N they'd talk bout her at work. n
low she w jest bout tn sweetest gal
in all Nevada, n kinder joke one an
other bout who w 'goin' t git her.
Never paid no sort o 'tention to
Charley; no one sposed he w wantin'
t. git her, too. Finally, jest afore tn
term w out, he did manage t. git
sorter 'quainted like, n he'd be able t
meet her 'ithout jest plum fallin' down
from tremblin'.
Zone night there NJ dance ct
Meanses Tavern, bout two mile up tn
mountain. whar tn stage changed
bosses. Charley he made out t ask
Miss WE'VE eff she'd go. N she bein'
powerful fond o dancin', lowed she
would. They uz lots o young people
went up from tn Flat. n they he'd a
gay time, till bout twelve o'clock
Miss 'Vivie told Charley, bein' ez she
he'd t. teach school tn mex day, she
thought she'd better be goin' home.
She hoped he w enjoyin' hisself, N sed
ef he didn't want t leave tn dancin'
she lowed she cd git somebody else t.
take her home down tn hill. She
knowed blamed we'll ct it bin Il
shootin' matter fer emmy young Teller t.
try sech thing. but recken she
couldn't help a-playin' 18th i'm tibet
way. Charley he jest sed t. her pleas
ure's his law, n got his hat N they
started.
1T w nice road, all down hill, N
tn moon uz shinin' bright ez day. N
it uz nice little pasear ez emmy young
fcller'd ever want. N jest cool enough
t make it nice t walk close t'gether,
with Miss WE'VE holdin' on t Charley's
arm real kittenish like. She uz in tn
best spirits We ever sec, n KEEP chat
term like 4 mockin' bird bout every
thing under tn sun. N Charley uz
jest about in tn top heaven 18th happi-
ness. He he'd got SOS he cd manage
t. look at her now IN then, N say a
word er two 'thout gettin' f1ummuxed.
He knowed she uz goin' away ez soon's
her school uz out, bout two weeks
from then, n he felt like he'd got t
say suthin' mighty soon err it'd be no
use. He uz turnin' this thing over N
over n his mind while she w talkin'
SO clipper bout heroes N them truck.
She'd got t tellin' bout some old
Greek heather fellers she'd read bout
what did big fightin' for the gals they
loved. You Lizzies n Akillees r
suthin' like tibet, N sayin' she did adj
mire brave men, N hoped she'd hev a
lover some day what'd do big things.
n tellin' how she'd love him. Thet set
Charley t thinkin'.
He didn't know what n all thunder
she meant, n didn't know how t take
her. He felt purity dern shore she
must hev some sort o. idea bout what
he thought NV her, n he wuzzent
shore whether she meant t. agg him on
er t tell him. gentle like, tibet it
wuzn't no use t be barkin' up the:
tree no longer. He felt awful puzzled.
N locked down tn road toards
Bunker's Flat, alayin' down ct tn
bottom so peaceful-like in tn moon
AL OACG Hc Sccu CuIl
a moseyin' up tn road. His heart Civ
big jump, N he looked at Miss
Vevie N seed she hedn't noticed
nuthin'. Then he looked agin, closer.
n he felt purity certain he knowed
what it wuz. n his heart felt better, n
he sed to hisself: Charley Sanders.
now's yer time-now er never. Eff
ye're emmy good this is goin' t. be tn
time to show it" Then he begun
talkin' kinder keer!ess like, m KEEP a
walkin' on. n tn thing KEEP on COM
in. n purity soon tn schoolma' am see
il, too.
"'Why. what's that a-comin', Mr..
Sanders. Looks like Mr.. Peterson's
big Noofunland dog. don't it?' 1T do
look powerful like that animile. seq
Charley. easy like. 1T don't walk ex-
actly like dog. either seq she.
.Mebbc he's tired. seq Charley. She
didn't say nothin' more for mint.
but KEEP a-eyin' tn thing mighty
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